NORTH SALT LAKE — For residents who haven’t yet shared their opinion about recycling in North Salt Lake, the city council is giving them another chance.

The council will be holding a second public hearing on curbside recycling tonight, Aug. 18, at 7:30 p.m. during their regular meeting. The city has been discussing the possibility of beginning a curbside recycling program, gauging resident’s interest level through a series of public hearings (the first was held July 21).

“It’s important to get feedback from the public,” said North Salt Lake City Manager Collin Wood.

A more detailed pricing list for the various recycling options will be available at the council meeting, with much of the discussion focusing on choosing between a mandatory and an opt-out curbside recycling program. Early numbers had the per-household cost of a mandatory program at $3.50, with an opt-out program with 75 percent participation costing $4.

“Mandatory versus opt-out is always the issue when it comes to recycling,” said North Salt Lake Mayor Shanna Schaefermeyer.

Nathan Rich from the Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District will also give a brief presentation explaining how the burn plant works. North Salt Lake currently sends its garbage to the burn plant, which converts it into energy used by Hill Air Force Base.

“We’ll continue to send garbage to Wasatch Integrated whether we do recycling or not,” said Schaefermeyer, explaining that 70 percent of garbage is too tainted by things such as food stains to be recycled. “Even if we start a recycling program, there’s still a large percentage of garbage that will be thrown away. We’ll still be able to put in enough.”

North Salt Lake also currently has a green waste recycling program that collects in spring and fall. The waste is then converted to compost and returned to the earth.

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